Hello again! Yup, i got bored and wanted to write again. So this post is up sooner than expected. I noticed that when i don't wait as long i don't get as many reviews though. Oh well don't want to be a review hog anyways, but i do appreciate reviews because then i know what to fix, change, add more of and i just love some of the silly random ones i get! Thanks for reading and reviewing hope you all enjoy this chapter as well. -Annubis
The Decision Between Life of Death:
A Second Chance
Chapter 8
"Ah! Put me down!" Cait Sith hissed.
He struggled to free himself from the gloved fingers that were latched onto his belly. He scratched and clawed but to no avail. The cat glared at the other cat eyes before him. They held a perplexed look and had a faint glow. Cait Sith's growls were interrupted by another sound. The door to the cabin of the plane opened up.
"Ya know, I think you're absolutely right! I wonder what Cid would do-?" Tifa's voice halted. The other girl's giggles came to an abrupt stop as well once one of the tubs of biscuits dropped to the floor.
"Hey!" Tifa set the rest of the food on the floor and darted to the pilot's control panel.
"The food!" Yuffie picked up the bucket, luckily the lid on top had remained in place. The ninja girl sighed with relief.
"What's going on?" Aeris scurried towards the group by the panel.
"Let him go!" Tifa slapped the wrists that belonged to the hands holding onto Cait Sith.
"Help me, Tifa! He's tryin' ta kill me!" Cait Sith lunged into the woman's arms, pressing himself against her chest.
"I...I..." Cait Sith's supposed murderer stuttered.
"Kadaj, what are you doing?" Aeris set the bags in her arms onto the floor.
"He, he talks..." Kadaj pointed a finger at the cat.
"Yes, he talks!" Tifa sighed, scratching behind the distressed Cait Sith's ears.
"He's a robot, Kadaj." Aeris placed a hand on his shoulder.
"A, a robot?" Kadaj's mouth hung open. "I wanted to see. I heard a voice and I came in here and it was talking. I thought...I thought it was a real cat."
"Wait till he gets a look at Red..." Yuffie rolled her eyes.
"Red?" Kadaj tilted his head.
"You'll get to meet him soon." Tifa set Cait Sith back onto the panel. Immediately the man's hands wrapped around the cat.
"Hey!" Cait hissed again.
"You're so soft!" Kadaj smiled. He held onto the robotic animal, scrutinizing it.
"Help!" Cait Sith groaned.
"Oh cool it. He's not gonna hurt ya." Yuffie stuck out her tongue.
"What's his name?" Kadaj muttered after a minute. His eyes never left the cat's. "He has eyes like me, too."
"His name is Cait Sith." Aeris informed the curious man.
"Cait...Sith." the words rolled off his tongue. He chuckled softly.
"You have to be careful with him though, Kadaj." Tifa emphasized the man's name, giving him a warning. He brought his gaze to match hers. Her eyes held an even deeper threat within them.
"I..." he hugged the cat against his chest, like it was his best stuffed animal. "I will."
Cait Sith twitched uncomfortably beneath Kadaj's grasp. Kadaj was cold and hard. Cait Sith decided he preferred Tifa's chest instead.
"Where are the others?" Cait Sith muttered. He would give anything for them to have come in instead of the girls. Then he probably wouldn't be stuck in his current situation.
"They should be back soon, don't worry." Aeris smiled.
"Brother?" Kadaj asked. His fingers scratched between Cait Sith's ears. The cat involuntarily gave out a purr.
"Yes. Cloud will be back soon as well." Aeris nodded.
"Should I put him down?" Kadaj suddenly felt the blood drain from his face. He didn't want to admit it, but he was terrified of the other men. He knew one single wrong move could bring him to his death.
"...?" The girls gave each other a puzzled look.
"Only if you want to, Kadaj." Aeris looked at Cait. The cat was nuzzled in the man's arms, snoozing as if nothing had happened moments ago.
'Curse your wonderful, massaging fingers...' Cait Sith mentally grouched.
"Cait Sith looks like he's enjoying it just fine." Yuffie smirked. Kadaj looked back and forth between the women.
"It's okay Kadaj. You can hold him and pet him. You won't get in trouble for that." Tifa gave him a reassuring smile. Kadaj wasn't sure about that particular woman. Her moods and facial expressions changed too much.
"Okay..." the man whispered. He walked over to the window at the front of the plane. The orange glow of the setting sun reflected in his silvery strands. Kadaj rested against the side, petting and scratching the cat in his arms.
"I guess we should get dinner ready." Tifa sighed. She investigated the room around her.
"What'cha lookin' for?" Yuffie asked.
"Plates..." Tifa had a perturbed look on her face.
"Oh, we should have asked for something like that." Aeris put her hands on her hips.
"In the lower part of the plane. There are a bunch of boxes down there, I think one of them said something along the lines of eating utensils." Yuffie tapped the side of her cheek. "I'll go check it out." the girl skipped down the stairs.
"What's dinner?" Kadaj's voice broke the silence.
"It's a time where everyone eats." Aeris informed.
"Have you never had dinner before?" Tifa gave the man a look of disbelief.
"I've eaten...but not those..." The man pointed at the tubs of food covering the control panel. "What's inside?"
"Chicken, potatoes, biscuits, and apple pie." Tifa grinned at Aeris. Zack was right, Kadaj was just like a kid. 'How is it possible he's so innocent. It's like a completely different man.'
"Never had any of those." Kadaj shook his head. "When we were in the lab we could only eat this mushy stuff. And then Hojo would stick needles in our arms."
The two women gave each other a disapproving look. Kadaj was no different than Cloud. He had been messed with by Hojo, experimented on and abused. To think the man had never had any real food, had never had the chance to experience anything. He grew up in a test tube full of the vile liquid of mako and Jenova's cells. He was born for one purpose, to serve that abomination known as mother and the most horrendous experiment of them all, Sephiroth. To serve, to protect, to be sacrificed for. Tifa felt a pang of sorrow within her heart. It wasn't fair. It wasn't fair for Kadaj, for Cloud, Vincent, Aeris, Red XIII, Zack, or any other body that lay on Hojo's table. Tifa suddenly felt very out of place within her group of friends.
"Well now you'll get to try some real good food!" Yuffie's voice called out. The young woman ascended the staircase, carrying a box covered in chicken scratches, no doubt Cid's handwriting.
As if on cue, the door of the plane flew open. The group of men trudged in, one of which was soaking wet. They all turned their heads to the food on the control panel.
"Let's eat!" Barret and Cid cheered. The two men skipped to the buckets of wondrous meats and carbohydrates.
The other men stood in their place, staring past the food on the panel towards the front of the plane. Cloud's eyes narrowed at the sight. Kadaj felt like an ant under a magnifying glass.
"Anything wrong?" Cloud asked.
"I..." Kadaj fidgeted. He looked at Cait Sith and set him on the floor. The cat yawned and slinked away. "I was just petting him..."
"Kadaj made a new friend while we were gone." Yuffie raised an eyebrow.
"..." Cloud was silent. He made his way to the circle of bodies sitting on the floor. Kadaj remained by the window.
The group silently handed plates and utensils to each other. The feeding frenzy begun once the lids of the tubs had been removed, Barret and Cid battling one another. Cloud lifted his head.
"Kadaj?" He murmured.
"Y, yes?" The man stumbled forward.
"Get over here and eat." the blond ordered. He didn't have glance back to see the nod Kadaj gave.
Tifa listened to the hum of the plane's engines. She slowly spun the ring on her right hand, staring at the light it cast off. She rested on her elbows against the metal bar by one of the windows. The stars crawled by overhead. Her eyes moved upwards when something moved in the reflection.
"Can't sleep?" Cloud's cool voice interrupted the silence.
"Not really...Can't stop thinking." Tifa shrugged her shoulders, the blanket wrapped around her moved with them.
"Thinking about what?" the man leaned forward. He let out a sigh, his breath fogged the glass before him.
"...Hrm. Everything." She scoffed.
"Everything?" Cloud's shining eyes looked sideways at her. Tifa blushed slightly as his head tilted towards her, his bangs falling in front of his face, an eyebrow raised. "That's a lot to think about."
"Sure is." Tifa sighed.
"Anything in particular that sticks out over all the others?" Cloud stared at the stars in the dark sky. Cid's snoring invaded the silence in the background. He slept with his chair propped backwards, his feet on the panel before him. The plane cruised through the night, set on auto-pilot.
"The kids." Tifa smirked.
"The kids?" Cloud turned his head towards her.
"Yeah...I hope they're safe." She shuddered.
"...Where are they?" Cloud asked. He hadn't thought of that before. Tifa and everyone else had left Edge, who was there to take care of the children?
"Now, come on! Let's not do this again!" Reno held onto Marlene's small hand. She was crying, calling out for Tifa and Cloud.
'Tifa...you owe me big time for this!' Reno growled mentally. The man was in his pajamas, which consisted of loose, grey, pants and nothing else.
"But, I want Tifa." Marlene sobbed.
"Marlene...Will you stop it!" Denzel rolled his eyes. "We've been abandoned, alright? Tifa and Cloud left us." the young boy smirked. This sent Marlene off the handle again.
"No! NO!" Reno glared at the laughing boy sitting on his leather couch. He flipped through the channels carelessly. "You want to shut up, kid?"
"Daddy!" Marlene shrieked.
"Oh...my..." Reno ran a hand through his long red hair. "Honey, honey...listen to me. Tifa and Cloud did not abandon you. They left on a very important business trip and I got stuck babysitting." Reno kneeled next to the girl.
"You hate us?" Marlene sniffled.
"No..." Reno scoffed.
'YES!!' he thought.
"Everything will be fine. Besides, tomorrow is the weekend, I have no work, you have no school! Isn't that great?" Reno tried to cheer the girl up. "I won't have to get you up, take you to school in the morning while I rush to not be late for work!
"You think we're a burden." Denzel shut off the TV.
"Boy...when I'm through with her, you an' I are gonna have a little talk about this attitude of yours..." the Turk said through gritted teeth. "Marlene, now I know you miss Cloud and Tifa, and daddy a lot, but you've just got to go to bed. You can't do this every night. You know they wouldn't want to know about how you've been acting. Um, what does Tifa do when you get upset like this?" Reno tried to compromise.
"She gives us lotsa ice cream and pizza!" Denzel grinned.
"Lie..." Reno rolled his eyes. "Tifa's not that fun, I know that."
"She lets me sleep in her bed..." Marlene spoke up.
"..." Reno twitched. He wasn't expecting that one. He laughed nervously.
"She lets you sleep in her bed..." Reno chuckled. "Great..."
"If Marlene is sleeping with you, I am too!" Denzel hopped off of the couch.
"Why?" Reno squeaked.
"First of all, theres no way I'm letting her sleep with you all by herself." Denzel held up one finger. The red head raised an eyebrow. "Second, I'm not sleeping in that room by myself! It's scary!"
"What's so scary about it?" Reno slapped his forehead.
"Theres...something weird about it." Denzel stared at his own feet.
"Listen, you want me to go ghost hunting for you, fine, but you are not sleeping in bed with me!" Reno made his way down the hall to the guest bedroom. He flipped the light switch on and took a long look inside.
"There...scared the #& away..." He muttered. Marlene covered her ears.
"You didn't do shit..." Denzel folded his arms.
"H, hey!" Reno pointed a finger at the boy. He stuttered slightly. "N, no! Don't say things like that!"
"Why? You just did." Denzel stuck out his chin.
"..." Reno glared. "Alright..." The man nodded his head as he slapped his hands and rubbed them together. "Marlene tomorrow you and I will go out for ice cream, whereas Denzel will stay here and clean up."
"What!?" Denzel leaned forward.
'Heh! Take that you lil' bastard!' Reno cheered silently.
"You heard me. You keep up with this attitude of yours, you're gonna be punished." Reno smirked.
"You can't do that! I'll tell Tifa!" Denzel grumped.
"Yeah and she'll love me for it!" Reno laughed. "Now..." he pointed behind him. "Bed, now!"
"But..." Marlene wiped the tears from her cheeks.
"Both of you! You got that?" Reno squint his eyes, waiting for the nod of the children's heads. They moped to the guest room across from his own. He waited for the light to shut off before heading into the kitchen.
'Finally...' He sighed.
"Now...time for a drink!" Reno smirked.
"No drinking in front of the kids, you hear me?" Tifa's voice echoed within his mind.
"Yeah, yeah..." Reno pulled off the lid to his favorite liquor. "Mmmm..." The man opened the door to the refrigerator and pulled out a slice of pizza.
'Heaven!' he chuckled to himself. The man plopped onto the couch and flipped on the TV.
"Ooh...wonder is my show is on?" Reno glanced at the clock. "Eleven..." He pushed in the code to unlock all channels on the television. A smirked crossed his lips.
"You've been very bad!" the woman on the television spoke out. She slapped the desk before her.
"Oh really?" Reno laughed, taking a bite out of his pizza.
"I think you need to be punished..." The woman bit on her gloved finger tip, removing the article of clothing. Once that was removed she slowly removed the other.
"Oh yeah...punish me baby..." Reno said sarcastically. The man smiled as the woman unbuttoned her dress shirt. She removed that with ease, revealing a black, laced undergarment.
The red head swirled the brown liquid in his glass. The woman on the television brought her hands behind her back. "Man I need to find a real woman..." The man chuckled at himself. He felt a couple hairs stand on end as he took a swig of his drink.
"What'cha watching?" a little girl's voice asked.
"Pfft!" Reno sputtered. "I, I..." He fumbled with the controller. After flipping the channel a few times he finally hit the power button. The TV blipped as the pictures on the screen quickly shrunk and disappeared. His eyes fell onto the girl sitting next to him on the couch.
"Nothing...the news." Reno spat out.
"...You were watching a dirty movie!" Marlene giggled.
"No I wasn't!" Reno felt his face burning. "What are you doing up?" he changed the subject.
"I miss Tifa." Marlene frowned. She wrapped her arms around the man. The man froze, unsure of what to do. After a minute of thinking, Reno set his glass and piece of pizza onto the coffee table in front of him. He brought his arms around the little girl, holding her against his chest. Marlene nuzzled against him. Reno smirked.
'So this is what it's like to have kids...endless fun.' Reno sighed.
"Can I stay up and watch TV with you?" Marlene asked. "I promise I'll be good." Her eyes pleaded with his. Reno felt very awkward.
"...I don't know..." the man looked around the room.
"Please?" Her brown eyes widened. Reno felt his heart sink. He was reminded of the times he wanted to be held as a child. He scoffed to himself.
"Allllright..." He was defeated.
"Yay!" Marlene leaned against the man, wrapping her arms around his waist.
'This isn't what I meant when I said I needed to find a real woman...'
Reno leaned back in the couch. He turned the TV back on, making sure he found a channel that had something suitable for children. Needless to say, night television is very boring for a child...and Reno as well. Within minutes the two had fallen asleep, Reno sleeping with his back against the couch and Marlene against his stomach.
"You think that's a good idea?" Cloud raised an eyebrow.
"I think it is...I told him no drinking in front of the kids." Tifa said quickly. "I think he'll do a fine job." She smiled thinking of the trouble the children must be giving him. Cloud mistook the smile as something else. He felt a tingle in the back of his mind, a flutter in his chest.
"...You've seen him a lot lately." Cloud spoke up.
"Yeah." Tifa looked at the man. His face was stern, his eyes showed an unreadable emotion. "He always comes into the bar. I guess you could say we've become friends."
"Friends..." Cloud said with a monotonous tone.
"Look, Cloud...it was last minute, I couldn't get anyone else to watch the kids. I knew he'd do it." Tifa lowered her head.
"And what does he get out of it?" Cloud asked distantly.
"..." Tifa narrowed her eyes. "Nothing..."
"Nothing?" Cloud eyed her. "No money or anything? Don't you think we should at least pay him for watching them on such short notice?"
"I..." Tifa gave him a curious look.
'What's he doing?' Tifa balled her fists. 'Is he trying to get something out of me?'
"Okay." Tifa nodded. "I told him I'd go on a date with him."
"..." Cloud lowered his head. His hair hid his features.
"..." Tifa was silent. She knew she shouldn't have said it. Knew she shouldn't have agreed to it in the first place. Reno wasn't keen on the idea. Tifa offered anything to him and it just so happened, the man thought a date with her would be payment enough. She had to admit, however, the thought of a date was much more appealing than just paying him to do it.
"We should get to bed. We have a long day ahead of us tomorrow." Cloud spun around and headed for the stairs.
"Cloud." Tifa called out to him. She stared at the window. The woman heard the shuffling of the man turning to face her. Cloud's eyes stared at her long, dark hair. "If you're mad, you can yell at me. Anything to get you to talk to me."
"..." The man slowly turned around. He paused a moment. "It's not you I'm mad at." He replied simply before descending the staircase.
'Then who exactly are you mad at?' Tifa sighed. She knew the answer. 'Reno? Nope, yourself, like always.'
"Kadaj, what's wrong?" Aeris asked. She had gotten up to use the restroom and had noticed his light was still on.
"I'm not tired." He replied dryly. She was slightly shocked at his tone. He almost sounded normal.
"You sleep too much?" She sat on the bed next to him. She felt him slide towards her.
"I don't know. Maybe." He shook his head, his silver bangs flew back and forth. "Mother?" he turned his head to face her.
"Hm?" She smiled at him.
"Are you really mother?" Kadaj asked.
"...Why would you ask?" her heart began to race.
"I keep hearing voices. Inside my head." Kadaj squeezed his head. "It hurts sometimes, like there's a scratching. It talks to me, says things to me..."
"What's it telling you?" Aeris asked.
"...Bad things." Kadaj's innocence surfaced again. "Really bad things." He smiled, it wasn't an innocent smile. Aeris tried to get up, Kadaj's hand pulled her back down.
"Kadaj?" the woman gasped.
"No, you're not leaving!" He pushed her backward onto the bed and pinned her arms down.
"Kadaj!" Aeris kicked her feet. Her heart was about to fly from her chest. All she could think of was Sephiroth in her room at Nibelheim.
"No..." Kadaj shook his head back and forth. He was battling with something inside his head. "She tells me to kill you. She says she wants you dead. That you're a traitor, you're a murderer...you want to kill me!" the man shook. His eyes stared into hers.
'Eyes...eyes like mine.'
"Kadaj...please." Aeris whispered. "Please don't hurt me." Her head turned to the side, away from his.
'Hurt...Don't hurt.' the clone shivered.
"Brother said not to hurt you!" Kadaj's grip loosened. "I have to protect brother because you protect him...and that means I have to protect you!"
"That's right." she took in a ragged breath.
"I'm sorry!" Kadaj let go. He covered his face with his hands, falling to his knees.
"Kadaj..." Aeris placed a hand on his shoulder.
"No, you have to get away! You have to get away from me, mother! Sephiroth wants out, he wants you, he's gonna kill you..." Kadaj sobbed. Aeris kneeled beside the man. "He's going to kill you..." she wrapped her arms around the man, trying to help him get over his psychological episode.
'Just like Cloud...' the woman ran her fingers through his hair.
"I don't want him to kill you." Kadaj turned to Aeris. He placed his hands on either side of her face. "Don't let him kill me..." His eyes were frightened.
"No ones going to kill you." the woman whispered. She rested her hands on his. "You have to talk to me, let me know what's going on. Let me know if Sephiroth is here."
"Sephiroth?" Kadaj whimpered. "He's always here! He'll always be here! He's a ghost. He'll never leave, just keep coming back. No matter how many times we kill him, he'll find another way..." the man rocked back and forth.
"We'll stop him." Aeris was determined.
"No...he'll use me, like before." Kadaj leaned forward on the floor, one hand rested on his forehead. "He'll kill me again."
"We'll keep that from happening." Aeris ran a hand up and down the man's back, trying to calm him.
"We?" Kadaj stared at her.
"Us...Cloud, Tifa, Cid, Barret, Yuffie, Red, Vincent, Cait Sith, Zack and I."
"Red? I didn't get to hear him talk..." Kadaj gave a sad look.
"I'll have him talk to you tomorrow." Aeris giggled. She ran a hand through the man's hair. "But you need to get some rest, okay?"
"Sleep..." the man shook his head. "I can't. He'll get me."
"It's not real, Kadaj. It's a dream. Don't listen to him, or the voice. They won't hurt you. We'll be here to protect you."Aeris stood.
"Protect me?" he lifted his head.
"That's right. That's what friends do. They protect each other." the woman grinned.
"Friends." Kadaj smiled. "Brother is a friend?"
"Yup."
"Mother...is a friend?"
"Yup, I'm your friend as well." Aeris lowered a hand to help the man up.
"Friends!" Kadaj laughed.
"Shh..." Aeris giggled. Kadaj covered his mouth. His eyes darted from side to side. "Go to bed."
The woman turned to head out the door. She felt a hand on her shoulder spin her back around. Kadaj wrapped his arms around her, hugging her.
"What happened?" A voice called from the doorway. Aeris stiffened. Kadaj dropped his arms quickly. He glared at the man who entered his room.
"Nothing." Aeris spun around. "I got up a while ago and noticed the light of his room was still on. I came in to check up on him."
"...You being good?" the ex-SOLDIER asked the silver haired man.
"Yes." Kadaj nodded.
"Is he being good?" he then asked the woman.
"Yes, Zack." Aeris rolled her eyes. "Let's go, Kadaj needs to rest." She wrapped her arm around Zack's elbow. She guided him out of the room. Kadaj stared, no emotion on his face. Aeris glanced back at the man. "Get some sleep, alright?"
The door shut quietly behind the too. Kadaj stared at it for a minute. His fists clenched as he glared at the wooden barrier that now separated him and Aeris.
"I don't like him touching you." Zack muttered.
"It's not like he was hurting me." Aeris sighed grumpily. She just wanted to get back to bed.
"I don't want you going in there alone again, alright? I don't want him to hurt you." the black haired man paced around the room. He was very restless.
"He won't hurt me, Zack. I know he won't." Aeris sat on the bed. The moonlight flooded through the small window in the room and shown across her eyes. Zack stared at them for a moment. He felt a shiver run down his spine. The way her bangs hung at the moment, the way her hair flooded down her back, the way her eyes glowed in the dark right then, it all reminded him of Sephiroth. Funny how the tables had turned. Aeris was once intimidated by Zack because he reminded her of Sephiroth, and now he was made nervous by her piercing gaze and dedication to Kadaj and keeping secrets from the others.
"You'd tell me if he did?" Zack tore his eyes from hers.
"...Yes." Aeris nodded. The man turned to her slowly.
"Why'd you hesitate?"
"I didn't." She raised her voice. Why was it so hard for them to get along lately? Maybe they needed a break from each other. She folded her arms across her chest.
"Aeris, don't keep secrets from me." Zack squeezed the bridge of his nose between his eyes.
"Why can't I?" She asked stubbornly.
"..." He simply stared at her. "Because, Aeris...You can get hurt if you do. You can get killed!"
"I won't..." Aeris shook her head. "I won't let it happen!"
"Oh, and who do you expect to save you if you continue keeping secrets?" Zack threw his arms into the air. "Kadaj!? He can barely understand where he is, let along understand whats happening all around us!"
"Kadaj just needs time!" Aeris stood from the bed. She made her way to the door.
"Where are you going?" Zack rubbed the back of his head.
"I'm not tired anymore." She quickly opened the door.
"Don't leave Aeris...we need to talk-" the door slammed. "...about this."
'Damn it!' Zack kicked the night stand. It fell to the ground as the leg flew across the room.
"Damn it!" he cursed.
"Why can't you talk to me Aeris?" He fell onto the bed and stared at the blank ceiling. "Why are you avoiding me?"
"Because she doesn't love you..."
"Huh?" Zack sat up.
'What the hell was that?'
He waited in the silence a moment, trying to hear anything else.
'Must be my imagination...'
"I'm more than your imagination. I'm a physical part of you."
Zack felt a sharp pain inside his head. He grabbed both sides, gasping for air.
'Damn, not this again!' He leaned forward.
"You want me to kill her for you? Then you won't have to worry about her lying anymore. Lying about her feelings for the other men."
"What other men?" Zack scoffed.
"Why who else? Cloud of course. And what do you think about her and Kadaj? Doesn't it just make you jealous? To see her in the arms of another man? Doesn't it make you want to scream?"
"You're...not Jenova..." realization struck the man.
"Correct...If I'm not Jenova. Then who am I?" the voice chuckled.
"Get out of my head!" Zack darted from the bed. "Get out!" He began panicking. His heart was racing and his body was shaking. It was like something was trying to take control of him.
"Emotions, they always made you vulnerable." the voice laughed.
"Shut up! Shut up, shut up, SHUT UP!" Zack dropped to the floor.
"I think I've found myself a new puppet..."
"You're not here, you're just messing with me." Zack darted to the mirror on the back of the door. "You're nothing more than a memory!"
"" the voice was gone.
"...Stay out. Bastard." Zack grit his teeth.
"I'm more than a memory, Zack Fair..." the voice whispered. "Soon everyone you know will be... and I'll make you a witness to it."
"#& you, Sephiroth." Zack glared into his glowing blue eyes. "I'm not giving into this bullshit."
The room remained silent. Zack stared at his reflection in the mirror, looking not at himself but inside the room, for any signs that he wasn't crazy. Defeated he made his way back to the bed.
'What the hell was that?' the man lay on his back. He brought his arm over his face, shielding his eyes.
'I don't want to be crazy. I don't want to be like...' Zack's thoughts were silent a moment. 'those clones...like...'
"Cloud." the man frowned. He didn't want to say it, didn't want to think it, but the thought of having episodes like Cloud frightened him. Then a completely different thought popped into his head.
'Maybe if I go crazy, Aeris will pay attention to me.' Zack laughed out loud to himself.
He sighed and rolled over onto his stomach. His eyes stared out the window, looking at the dark clouds that began to cover the moon.
"What do you want with me Sephiroth? What do you want with any of us? Why not just come back, unnoticed and terrorize the world. Why do you have to play with us?" Zack moaned. He pulled the pillow over his head.
'He enjoys playing with us. It makes him feel powerful...' the man rolled his eyes. Did this mean Sephiroth was back or was he pulling these stunts from the Lifestream...or was Zack really crazy?
"Egotistical asshole."
Kadaj continued to glare at the door that had him trapped within his room. He thought of the dark haired man who had intruded earlier. The one whom mother had left with.
'I don't like him...' Kadaj sat on his bed. He rested his elbows on his knees and cupped his hands in front of his face. 'Not one bit...'
"He wants to take mother away from me..." the man growled.
Okay this will be the end of this chapter. I did plan on making a little longer and full of entirely different material. Oh well. No action in this one. Hope you all still enjoyed it, drama drama drama. Maybe some day I'll get some romance into these chapters! Well thanks for reading and reviewing! -Annubis.